Bringing a buzz to the high street with sustainable shopping! Come to our free, week-long pop-up with beautiful ethical products, workshops, pamper nights, bubbly drinks, delicious cakes and late night shopping till 9pm – the Original Sustainable Department Store is a new social shopping experience just in time for Christmas. 11th – 16th December Free […]
Grain, Colour + Form, Copper Dust, Full Grown and Laura’s Loom at the London Design Fair 2018. Colour + Form create an explosion of vibrant colour with their designs specialising in colourful and painterly graphic patterns. ‘Our patterns are crafted by digitally layering, mixing and merging colours sampled from a variety of inspirations, including nature, art and […]
As part of our Power of Positive Shopping campaign, we are building bridges between retail outlets and Blue Patch members. This includes pop-ups. Being temporary spaces, they offer a relatively low-cost way for brands to take creative risks, generate buzz and reach new audiences, which are all GREAT benefits. Our first foray into the world of large scale events was the task of organising […]
The morning of November 10th saw a stream of women arriving at the doorstep of Blue Patch HQ for yet another one of our delicious breakfast mornings. On offer were perfectly baked slices of baguette from Christopher’s Bakery which we are so lucky to have right down the road from us. The baguette was accompanied […]
Blue Patch presented work by 10 members at London Design Fair: featured here. Firstly the walls were painted a lovely Grey Pearl from Reborn Paints. These delicious ‘re-mixes’ of colour divert paint from landfill – an inspiring example of the ‘circular economy’. Reborn was invented by scientist Keith Harrison and is primarily manufactured in Sussex. With […]
Our Awards celebrate all things local, global, sustainable and ethical. This year’s presentation was at London Design Fair in the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. The launch of London’s annual Design Week, it was the place to be. Thank you Jimmy MacDonald, Director and Founder of London Design Fair for making us so welcome. This […]
We would like to invite you to visit the Blue Patch stand at London Design Fair at the Old Truman Brewery this September 21st – 24th. You’ll find us at stand no. C07 in Hall T2 showcasing a selection of talented and sustainable British designers and makers. Admire the range of Afid Design furniture made with beautiful materials, solid craftsmanship, simple, functional design and […]
The UK’s first Pop Up Sustainable Department Store opened on a rather wet Saturday on October 1st 2016 – to 1000 visitors in a day! Many happy customers came to browse and buy from Blue Patch Members. The day passed in a blur of sales, newly formed friendships, collaborations, talks and cooking demos. Here’s […]
A little light conversation… Thank you for taking part We’re delighted to welcome visitors to our Sustainable Department Store on October 1st to join in the conversation ‘High Streets of the Future’ chaired by our local MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, Helen Hayes. The panel will gather in the Blue Patch hub at 2:20 […]
Our Headline Film Sponsors: Petermans Associates + Supporters – thank you all. So much support has come from a host of individuals and businesses – our Spacehive campaign was part of the Mayor of London Crowdfunding Programme and the Southwark hive. Over 65 people pledged and helped pay for a range of things we needed […]
